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Starring Jennifer Jones Gregory Peck
When Pearl Chaves is sent to live with the rich Senator McCanles and his family, she finds herself torn between the senator's two sons.
Director King Vidor
(Jennifer Jones in 'A Farewell to Arms ' on Wednesday at 9.30am)
0 FILMS: pages 14-18

Contributors

Unknown:
Jennifer Jones
Unknown:
Gregory Peck
Unknown:
Jennifer Jones
Pearl Chaves:
Jennifer Jones
Lewt McCanles:
Gregory Peck
Jesse McCanles:
Joseph Cotten
Senator McCanles:
Lionel Barrymore
Laura Bell:
Lillian Gish
Sin Killer:
Walter Huston
Narrator:
Orson Welles

Two films about two unusual eastern sports.
The Camels Are Coming shows the modern version of camel racing, which is the latest sport of sheikhs. One Man and His Horse is the story of a Pakistani landowner practising the ancient Mogul sport of tent-pegging: how, while riding at full gallop, to impale a piece of wood on to the point of a lance. Series editor Tim Slessor (R)

Contributors

Editor:
Tim Slessor

The Antrim Glens.
Hector MacDonnell of Antrim journeys from his ancestral home at Dunluce
Castle to Glenarm and visits places traditionally associated with his family name.
Producer Tony McAuley (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hector MacDonnell
Producer:
Tony McAuley

Weather followed by Aristocrats
A series of films on the noble families of Europe.
Italy: the Marquis Frescobaldi
Warriors, merchants, musicians, scholars and poets, the Frescobaldi family has lived in palazzos on the same Florentine site for over 800 years. The Marquis Frescobaldi remains the head of one of Florence's oldest titled families.
With Robert Lacey.
Executive producer Adam Clapham Series producer John Bird (R)
(Tomorrow: Prince Franz Josef of Liechtenstein)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marquis Frescobaldi
Unknown:
Robert Lacey.
Producer:
Adam Clapham
Unknown:
Prince Franz Josef

The English Electric Canberra made its maiden flight in 1949. It was the world's first jet bomber, and became an aviation record breaker. Producer Ted Gorton Editor Ken Murphy

Contributors

Producer:
Ted Gorton
Editor:
Ken Murphy

The biggest theatre complex in the country outside London opened in Leeds in March 1990. The new
West Yorkshire Playhouse cost E13 million, but for 20 years the playhouse was located in the gymnasium of Leeds University. Director Roger Keech Producer Peter Pitt

Contributors

Director:
Roger Keech
Producer:
Peter Pitt

Starring Virginia Bruce
In the exotic city of Rio to research her new book, Nicky Henderson discovers more of Brazil's latin charm than she intended when she meets a handsome guide.
Director Joseph Santley
0 FILMS: pages 14-18

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicky Henderson
Director:
Joseph Santley
Nicky:
Virginia Bruce
Miguel 'Mike' Soares:
Tito Guizar
Everett:
Edward Everett Horton
Roy Rogers:
Himself

Gimme 8 goes east to check out India's sounds. Poptime, a twice-weekly pop show, features Preepi Sagar , Banghra rock star Gurdas Mann and Parvati Khan. Presented by Jaswinder Bancil. Producer Mari Beynon Owen

Contributors

Unknown:
Preepi Sagar
Unknown:
Gurdas Mann
Unknown:
Parvati Khan.
Presented By:
Jaswinder Bancil.
Producer:
Mari Beynon Owen

Coming Home. To the world at large, the freeing of hostages represents a happy ending to the story. But for the men themselves, coming home can be painful. In the second part of this French documentary, three hostages talk about their experiences. Director Patrick Volson
Producer Georges Benayoun 0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Director:
Patrick Volson
Producer:
Georges Benayoun

Columnist Taki reports on Greek soap opera, both on and off the screen. By satellite from New
Zealand, comedian Billy Connolly tells Clive James what he's up to down under. Joining James in the studio is American comedian and host of the Tonight Show, Jay Leno. Director Dominic Brigstocke Producer Beatrice Ballard (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Columnist Taki
Unknown:
Billy Connolly
Unknown:
Clive James
Unknown:
Jay Leno.
Director:
Dominic Brigstocke
Producer:
Beatrice Ballard

25 Years of Race Relations
1: The Colour of Justice. Britain has laws against racial discrimination. But how well do they stand up to their task? The first of three films tells the story of three people who sought justice and pushed the law to its limits. What they found was inadequate and unsatisfactory. Producer Paul Sen
Executive producer John Wilcox
0 CEEFAX SUBTITLES

Contributors

Producer:
Paul Sen
Producer:
John Wilcox

Six Artists on Drawing
Charlotte Fawley 's drawings of ballet dancers capture the vigour and poise of the dance in a few lines. During the Falklands War she swapped the elegant make-believe of dance for the gritty reality of soldiers in combat. Producer Dick Foster
0 BOOK: 'The BBC Drawing Course', C 12.95, available from booksellers.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charlotte Fawley
Producer:
Dick Foster

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